The following Web sites also have information about censorship, free
expression, media policy, copyright, and the public domain:

American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, http://www.abffe.com,
"promotes and protects the free exchange of ideas, particularly those
contained in books, by opposing restrictions on the freedom of speech."

American Civil Liberties Union, http://www.aclu.org,
is a non-profit, non-partisan organization of 300,000 members and supporters
that "fights civil liberties violations whenever and wherever they
occur."

Article 19, http://www.article19.org,
named after Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, works
worldwide to combat censorship and promote access to official information.
It has partners in over 30 countries.

Center for Democracy and Technology, http://www.cdt.org,
"works to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties
in the digital age" by monitoring and advocating on Internet-related
policy issues, incuding free speech, privacy, copyright, and government
surveillance.

Center for Digital Democracy, http://www.democraticmedia.org,
"is committed to preserving the openness and diversity of the Internet"
and realizing the full potential of digital communications through noncommercial,
public interest programming.

Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, http://www.chillingeffects.org,
"aims to help you understand the protections that the First Amendment
and intellectual property laws give to your online activities." The
site offers a fascinating collection of "cease and desist" letter
from copyright owners, as well as explanations of the law on defamation,
domain names, and anonymous speech.

Constitutional Rights Foundation, http://www.crf-usa.org,
is "a non-profit, non-partisan, community-based organization dedicated
to educating America's young people about the importance of civic participation
in a democratic society."

Electronic Frontier Foundation, http://www.eff.org,
is "a donor-supported membership organization working to protect
our fundamental rights regardless of technology; to educate the press,
policymakers and the general public about civil liberties issues related
to technology; and to act as a defender of those liberties."

Electronic Privacy Information Center, http://www.epic.org,
is a public interest research center that "focuses public attention
on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment,
and constitutional values."

Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting, http://www.fair.org,
"seeks to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater
media pluralism and the inclusion of public interest voices in the national
debate."

Feminists Against Censorship, http://www.fiawol.demon.co.uk/FAC/,
was formed "by a group of long-time feminist academics and campaigners
who wished to fight censorship from a feminist perspective."

The File Room, http://www.thefileroom.org,
is "a catalogued web-based interactive archive of censorship cases
dating back to 500 BC. It is open to submissions by organizations and
individuals locally, nationally, and internationally."

First Amendment Project, http://www.thefirstamendment.org,
is "a nonprofit, public interest law firm and advocacy organization
dedicated to protecting and promoting freedom of information, expression,
and petition. FAP provides advice, educational materials, and legal representation
to its core constituency of activists, journalists, and artists in service
of these fundamental liberties."

Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), http://thefire.org, works to " to defend and sustain individual rights at America's colleges and universities. These rights include freedom of speech, legal equality, due process, religious liberty, and sanctity of conscience — the essential qualities of individual liberty and dignity."

Free Expression Network, http://www.freeexpression.org,
is "an alliance of organizations dedicated to protecting the First
Amendment right of free expression and the values it represents, and to
opposing governmental efforts to suppress constitutionally protected speech."

Freedom Forum First Amendment Center, http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org,
"works to preserve and protect First Amendment freedoms through information
and education." The Center, with offices in Arlington, Virginia and
at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, is an operating program
of the Freedom Forum.

Freepress, http://www.freepress.net/index.php,
is a media reform group that believes corporate consolidation undermines
free expression. It says: "The government needs to support policies
and structures that promote free speech, not policies that result in greater
media consolidation, fewer voices and less speech."

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions,
Committee on Free Access to Information and Free Expression (FAIFE),
http://www.ifla.org/faife/index.htm,
is an initiative within the International Federation of Library Association
and Institutions (IFLA) "to defend and promote the basic human rights
defined in Article 19 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights"
by monitoring "the state of intellectual freedom within the library
community worldwide," and responding to "violations of free
access to information and freedom of expression."

International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX), http://www.ifex.org,
is a network of free expression groups that posts news, resources, and
links on free expression, and monitors attacks on journalists, writers,
and others around the world through its Action Alert Network.

Libertus, http://www.libertus.net,
is concerned "with censorship and free expression, in Australia and
elsewhere." Contains resource material on Internet filtering and
other issues.

Media Coalition, http://www.mediacoalition.org,
is "an association that defends the First Amendment right to produce
and sell books, magazines, recordings, videotapes and videogames; and
defends the American public's First Amendment right to have access to
the broadest possible range of opinion and entertainment."

National Coalition Against Censorship, http://www.ncac.org,
is "an alliance of over 40 national non-profit organizations, including
literary, artistic, religious, educational, professional, labor, and civil
liberties groups. NCAC strives to create a climate of opinion hospitable
to First Amendment freedoms in the broader community."

Negativland, http://www.negativland.com,
is a band/artist collective that parodies the dark side of public life.
Its Web site includes numerous essays and articles on free expression,
copyright, and intellectual property.

Public Knowledge,http://www.publicknowledge.org,
is dedicated to "fortifying and defending a vibrant information commons"
by promoting democracy and open access and advocating against copyright
restrictions.

Rock Out Censorship, http://www.theroc.org,
is a youth-oriented, "grassroots anti-censorship organization seeking
to counteract efforts being made across the political spectrum to deprive
us of our First Amendment rights."

Student Press Law Center, http://www.splc.org,
is "an advocate for student free-press rights and provides information,
advice, and legal assistance at no charge to students and the educators
who work with them."

Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression,
http://www.tjcenter.org,
"fulfills its mission through a wide range of programs in education
and the arts, and through resistance to forces that threaten free expression."

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, INCLUDING ALTERNATIVE PRESS
AND ACADEMIC RESEARCH

Alternet, http://www.alternet.org,
is an independent progressive media service with an extensive and growing
archive of material on civil rights and liberties, including media democracy,
censorship, and more.

Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School,
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu,
is "a research program founded to explore cyberspace, share in its
study, and help pioneer its development."

Center for Social Media, http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org,
"showcases and analyzes media as creative tools for public knowledge
and action" by organizing film festivals, panels, and public events,
conducting research, and publishing materials "geared towards independent
filmmakers, activists, researchers, and media specialists." The Center
is part of the School of Communication at American University.

H-B Rights.org, http://www.hb-rights.org,
a site inspired by school censorship controversies in Hollis and Brookline,
New Hampshire, contains useful information and links on students' rights,
parents' rights, cyber-liberties, and other free speech issues.

Media Channel, http://www.mediachannel.org,
is a nonprofit, public interest Web site dedicated to global media issues
that "exists to provide information and diverse perspectives and
inspire debate, collaboration, action and citizen engagement."

Princeton University Center for Arts and Cultural Policy
Studies, http://www.princeton.edu/~artspol,
"was created to improve the clarity, accuracy and sophistication
of discourse about the nation's artistic and cultural life." Its
goal is "to create an infrastructure of well-trained scholars who
have access to regularly collected information about cultural organizations,
activities and providers and who produce timely research and analysis
on key topics in arts and cultural policy."

Stanford Law School Center for Internet & Society,
http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu,
is a public interest technology law and policy program at Stanford Law
School. It "provides law students and the general public with educational
resources and analyses of policy issues arising at the intersection of
law, technology and the public interest," and its Cyberlaw Clinic
provides legal representation on issues involving civil rights and technology.

The Free Expression Policy Project began in 2000 to provide empirical research and policy development on tough censorship issues and seek free speech-friendly solutions to the concerns that drive censorship campaigns. In 2004-2007, it was part of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. The FEPP website is now hosted by the National Coalition Against Censorship. Past funders have included the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Educational Foundation of America, the Open Society Institute, and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

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